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Re: Reduction of Coefficients Coming Out of Solve

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• Subject: [mg48780] Re: [mg48761] Reduction of Coefficients Coming Out of Solve
• From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
• Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 04:54:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Here is a newbie approach for this particular example.

aa = (3.4*10^62 + 4.5*10^63 x)/(6.7*10^64 + 8.9*10^63 x)

Simplify[Factor[aa[[1]] ]*Factor[aa[[2]] ] ]

János
On Jun 15, 2004, at 2:50 AM, Scott Guthery wrote:

> A rational polynomial result from Solve multiplies every coefficient by
> a large factor of 10, e.g. 10^62.   Neither Simplify nor FullSimpify
> remove this common factor from the numerator and denominator.  I can
> remove it by hand but there must be a Mathematica trick that removes 
> it.
>
> What might it be?
>
> For example:
>
> (3.4*10^62 + 4.5*10^63 x)/(6.7*10^64 + 8.9*10^63 x).
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> Cheers, Scott
>
>
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    • From: "Scott Guthery" <sguthery@mobile-mind.com>